Chapter 243: Secret Keeper

When the sky is dark, the willow tops on the moon are quiet everywhere, which is a rare and peaceful atmosphere.

Qin Zhao's courtyard is not a place where no one will come, and most of the people in the capital know that His Royal Highness the King of Guangyang has a quirk, and no one is allowed to set foot in the courtyard, not even the princess of Guangyang, and even if the lord of Yuanle is so favored in the palace, it is not good.

According to rumors, as early as the year when the annex was just built, that is, sixteen years ago, His Majesty had the intention to visit this courtyard, but was politely rejected by His Royal Highness the King of Guangyang, His Majesty was not angry at that time, but it sounded curious, and repeatedly asked the reason, but His Royal Highness the King of Guangyang only smiled and did not answer, and then it was gone, but since then, no one has mentioned it, and he wants to go to this courtyard to see such words.

Qin Zhao asked Zheng Gui to place Hu Zelin properly for the time being, and told Hu Zelin not to move around, so he sent four servants who served in other courtyards to serve him, but in fact, it was a surveillance, preventing him from ignorance, walking around, and colliding.

Zheng Gui listened to his instructions, led Hu Zelin to retreat, and when he settled the people and came back to look for Qin Zhao, he was no longer in the small courtyard in front of him.

This is the hour...... Zheng Gui's eyes rolled slightly, and he flashed out of the door, and when he passed through the Moon Cave Gate, he turned in the direction of his toes and walked towards the hand-copying verandah on the left-hand side.

At the end of this copying verandah, a pavilion is connected, there is a stream of water flowing under the pavilion, vaguely looking at the source is going all the way to the outside of the courtyard, Zheng Gui looked at the pavilion and no one around, so he walked straight over, and walked out there is a place with an arrow, and a two-story small pavilion appeared in front of him.

There is no plaque on this small building, in other words, there is no fixed name, and looking around the courtyard, this one is the exception.

Zheng Gui looked at the half-pushed door on the first floor, took a deep breath, lifted the momentum, hesitated, and stepped in.

When he entered the door, he saw Qin Zhao sitting cross-legged on the ground of the Dongnuan Pavilion at a glance, the papers scattered around him were clearly plain and blue, Zheng Gui was suffocated by his breath, and he didn't dare to come forward anymore.

Qin Zhao came back to his senses after a long time, and put the one in his hand aside, his movements were very gentle, as if he was afraid of hurting that Danqing, and even more afraid of hurting the person in the painting.

He turned his head sideways to look at Zheng Gui: "Is it settled?" ”

Zheng Gui's head should be: "In the third courtyard, I ordered four capable minions to accompany him, I won't ask him to walk around, let alone ask him to collide with anything, and Hu Zelin looks like a measured person, he used to be in the capital, and he also knew that no one was allowed to enter your courtyard, he would be honest." ”

"He will be honest, and after so many years, he has also been scared. I guess I ......" Qin Zhao paused, and his fingertips unconsciously touched the Danqing drawing paper beside him, "He should have thought about going back to the capital to find me, and wanted to ask me to help him, but he was afraid that Wei Ye would send people to chase and intercept him, but he didn't bother to ask what he said just now, and it was not necessary to ask." ”

Zheng Guixin said that it was not necessary, and there was no point in dwelling on this now, no matter whether Hu Zelin had thought about going back to the capital to ask His Highness for help in the past fourteen years, in short, he did not do so, until today, fourteen years later, His Highness sent people to inquire around, found him, and brought him back to the capital and brought him to His Highness.

"But Your Highness, even if we investigate Qi Niang's origin now, we can't prove anything. Those rumors in Huzhou, now that I think about it, they are simply meaningful, what happened in the capital back then, there are very few people who know, but even Hu Zelin now knows that there is ...... between you and Mrs. Sun" Zheng Gui didn't dare to continue, and he was afraid that there were these Danqing portraits of Mrs. Sun around, and he would arouse His Royal Highness's sadness, so he paused slightly, "So Your Highness, only when you see Qi Niang herself and listen to her tell the secrets of the Wei family in person, otherwise we are all confused, and we can only guess here." ”

How could Qin Zhao not know this? But how did you meet Qi Niang? It's not enough to say that he went to Qizhou with great fanfare, in that case, wouldn't it really alarm Wei Ye?

In Qin Zhao's heart, not only did he want not to alarm Wei Ye, but also Wei Luan and Li Yan, from the very beginning, he wanted to investigate secretly, and no one wanted to be alarmed.

He could hear the meaning of Zheng Gui's words, if he wanted to see Qi Niang, it was not that there was no way at all, Zheng Gui just wanted him to entrust Li Yan, as long as he avoided Wei Luan, Li Yan had already experienced something, this time there was a turmoil in Huzhou, from the news sent back, he handled it quite well, at least step by step, the case was cleaned up, and the rumors outside have gradually subsided.

"Zheng Gui, tell Li Yan all this, do you think it's appropriate?" He raised his eyelids, "If you want to ask Li Yan to see Qi Niang, according to Li Yan's temperament, he will get to the bottom of it, he wants to figure out the ins and outs of the matter, at this time we find him, he must have doubts about everything in the past, then you tell me, should I tell him, or should I hide it from him?" It's not worth lying in front of Li Yan, Li Yan's kid ......"

As he spoke, he shook his head with a smile, and looked down at the Danqing, the face of the person in the painting was beautiful, it was really the best in the world, and he stayed quietly on the paper, just like a well-behaved child, it was so beautiful.

Qin Zhao's smile became more and more intense, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth became larger and larger: "Li Yan, that kid, has been very smart since he was a child, so he will like Wei Jia's Aluan instead of falling in love with Ling Xin." ”

Zheng Gui couldn't help but want to hold his forehead for a while.

He really rarely talked about these things with His Royal Highness, no matter what, Qin Lingxin was still the county lord of the palace, this kind of thing is not easy to talk about.

The county lord has never suffered a loss or grievance since he was a child, but he was deflated here by His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi couldn't turn back, how could he dare to ask these things under His Royal Highness? As far as His Royal Highness is concerned, the second girl of the Wei family may have some thoughts about loving the house and Wu, but no matter how you say it, it is not as good as the kiss of her own daughter.

Zheng Gui really didn't expect that His Royal Highness would mention these things today......

"Your Highness, what are you doing with this?" He coughed twice in embarrassment, "The county lord naturally has the benefits of the county lord. ”

Qin Zhao was still smiling: "Of course she has her benefits, but it's just not suitable for Li Yan." Li Yan was born a noble and high-ranking person, and he couldn't stand Ling Xin's temper and temperament. Now you look at Ling Xin chasing behind Li Yan, as if she is willing to do anything for Li Yan, even going to Qizhou to see Li Yan, she has done it, she is really not afraid of being embarrassed. But look—"

He dragged out the end and rested his left hand on his knee to get up.

It wasn't until this time that Zheng Gui leaned over and helped him.

In the end, it is an elderly person, and there are many old injuries and diseases on the body in the past, although it was raised well in Beijing later, but it is not a good thing to sit on the floor tiles for a long time like this.

Sure enough, as soon as Zheng Gui held the person, he felt Qin Zhao's figure shake.

He smiled bitterly: "There are so many places to sit in this place, you really want to guard these danqing to remember the old people, and you don't have to sit on the ground, right?" After all, now that I'm old, why do I still think I was like when I was young? ”

Qin Zhao chuckled and waved his hand at him: "It's okay, it's just that I've been sitting cross-legged for a long time." Let me say, Ling Xin, that is, I don't hold Li Yan in my hand now, if I want to say that one day in the future, Li Yan is dead set on her, she must not be the posture and appearance she is now, she turns her face and doesn't recognize people, she can do it. ”

Zheng Gui sighed: "What you said, our county lord has become a fierce person who can eat people." You said that our county lord has such a good appearance, a first-class good background, and a temperament that is not very tricky and eccentric, what kind of person is not worthy of? That is, His Royal Highness the King of Qi is very eccentric, and he loves to ignore him when he sticks to our county lord. ”

"This is Li Yan."

In fact, Qin Zhao knew very well in his heart, how could Li Yan's background come together with Ling Xin? He himself will understand what kind of situation it will become if Ling Xin really comes together with him, so Li Yan has not considered Ling Xin from beginning to end, even in the eyes of everyone, Li Yan, the noble His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and Ling Xin, the county lord of Guangyang Palace, are a perfect match in the world.

Qin Zhao shook Zheng Gui's hand with full force: "To be honest, I really don't want to alarm Li Yan. If I want to lie and fool the past, it will be impossible, but you have to ask me to tell him everything that happened in the Wei family back then......"

It's hard to say, although he never felt that the past was unbearable, but if he really wanted to take those things to a junior to say, he wouldn't be able to open this mouth no matter what.

Zheng Gui's empty hand was slightly raised, and he scratched the back of his head with his backhand: "But Your Highness, if you want to see Qi Niang and find out what happened in the Wei family back then, you can only do this...... What else could you do? Let's go to Qizhou, meet Wei Ye, and ask him to hand over Qi Niang and investigate the secrets of the Wei family openly? ”

Qin Zhao knew that he was joking, and thought for a while: "Let's check her origin first, I always feel that this person has something to do with the Yang family, otherwise the Yang family would not be able to mention Qi Niang again and again." Think about it, in that case, if Qi Niang was not a person that the Yang family trusted, would she probably put all her hopes on Qi Niang? ”

Sure enough, Zheng Gui was stunned, and shook his head and said no: "The person she is about to die, when she sees Hu Zelin, she doesn't want to confide in a word, after all, Hu Zelin lived in the Wei family back then, and then he has been in exile for so long, and there are frequent accidents in the capital, and the Yang family may not know, so she can tell Hu Zelin what the secret Wei Ye tried so hard to hide was, but she didn't do it-"

Zheng Gui gasped, as if the fog in front of him was slowly dissipating, and he seemed to understand this matter all of a sudden.

Why did Qin Zhao say that the Yang family trusted Qi Niang very much......

When Hu Zelin said it at first, he really didn't care too much, but for a while he thought of the eldest son of the Yang family and said that before the Yang family died, it was Qi Niang who kept talking.

Her name is Qi Niang...... She was still calling Qi Niang's name before she died.

"She is showing Hu Zelin the way, and she is also testing whether Hu Zelin dares to run to Qizhou like this, if Hu Zelin does not dare, then Hu Zelin may not really want to wash away the grievances of so many years of exile for himself." He took another breath and paused slightly, "The Yang family has actually told Hu Zelin clearly that if you want to unlock all these secrets, you will go to Qizhou and see Qi Niang." His Royal Highness is right, the Yang family trusts Qi Niang very much, she is sure that after half a year has passed, Qi Niang is still willing to speak for them, and is willing to tell the world about Mrs. Sun's grievances, as well as Mrs. Sun's original experience, as well as Wei Ye's ruthlessness...... Thinking about it this way, if Qi Niang were not the confidant of Mrs. Sun and the Yang family, she would not have such a firm mentality. ”

Qin Zhao solemnly smiled, and the smile on his face was removed: "Yes, and didn't I mention it to you before?" You said that Wei Ye had killed so many people, why didn't he move Qi Niang until now? ”

He said this, Zheng Gui also remembered it, and he always felt confused and dazed.

What else can't be done by a mad man? Killing a Qi Niang, what is it worth?

Wei Ye killed so many people at the beginning, didn't he leave no traces? He has long been accustomed to killing people, killing people without blinking, if he wants to dispose of Qi Niang quietly, Wei Ye will definitely be able to do it, not to mention the current Qizhou, who else can cover the Wei family? What is Wei Ye afraid of?

"Then what do you think ......?"

He closed his voice at the right time, leaving enough room for Qin Zhao to speak.

Qin Zhao had already let go of his hand, and had already moved to the official hat chair and sat down, leaning on the back of the chair, but he didn't seem to be relaxed.

Zheng Gui squinted his eyes and looked at the past, but Qin Zhao's face was solemn.

He hesitated, some words passed on the tip of his tongue several times, and finally swallowed back into his stomach, just whispered to His Highness.

Qin Zhao sighed almost inaudibly: "I just think that maybe there is someone other than Qi Niang who knows Wei Ye's secret, and Wei Ye also knows, but I don't know who that person is and where he is." I want to come, unless Qi Niang has already communicated with Wei Ye, or perhaps, Wei Ye did it to Qi Niang many years ago, but Qi Niang was alert and hid from it, and then found Wei Ye to go to the showdown, once she had an accident, Wei Ye's secret would be made public, so Wei Ye was afraid, maybe Wei Ye also tried, but in vain, so slowly he gave up, and could only provide Qi Niang like that, but thinking about it this way, over the years, he should have stared at Qi Niang to death, for fear that she would contact people outside, Say what she knows, especially ...... Old man! "I want to talk to more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~